Sharp County record., 1887-08-25


the contracts for constructing the five new
naval vessels for which bids were opened
recently.
APPLICATIONS for prepayment of inter-
est of $685. 600 of bonds were received at
the Treasury Department on the 10Th,
making total of S59, 9,OO6,55O to date
Mr.. TRENHOLM Comptroller Of the Cur
rencv, gives some remarkable facts show
ing the growth of the National banking
system in the West and South under the
present Administration.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, is greatly excited
over the news of a suit filed to set aside
the will of the late Washington G. De-
pauw, who died worth S6,0O0,0OO. An only
child by his first wife is the plaintiff.
THE Bulgarian situation will probably
undergo no change until Prince Ferdinand
reaches Sofia, when something decisive
NAV be looked for. At present all OF the
powers concerned remain nearly passive.
IT is stated at the War Department that
the eunpleasantness between Colonels Burns
and Whipple has been amicably adjusted
to the satisfaction of the principals, and
that the threatened court martial is avert
ed.
A NUMBER of arrests have been made in
Philadelphia of employees of freight-tralns
on the Pennsylvania railroad, New YORK
division. The prisoners are said to be the
leaders of an extensive gang Of freight-car
thieves.
THE Michigan weather service bulletin
issued on the 18th reports the growing
crops favorably affected during the week.
The rainfall in many localities was in
sufficient to save early planted potatoes
and corn.
A CYCLONE swept the southern portion
of France on the 10Th, doing an immense
amount of damage. 1t was most severe IN
the Department of Aude, where many
houses were leveled to the ground and
several persons killed.
THE Pope has conferred upon the Duke
of Norfolk the grand cross of Christ in rec
ognition of his services in behalf OF the
church. The Duke Of Norfolk is about to
purchase large palace in Rome in which
to establish university.
THE crop bulletin Of the Manitoba De-
partment of Agriculture, just issued,
shows that the indications all point to
verv large return through the province.
The weather is very favorable, and the
wheat harvest is in full swing.
DR.. BRIDGE, the Pennsylvania State
veterinary surgeon, visited Manor town
ship on the 18th to investigate an alleged
case of pleuro-pneumonia. No traces Of
the disease were found, and the doctor
stated that there was not a case either in
the county or in the State at the present
time.
To SHOW how worldwide is the interest
taken in the recent railroad catastrophe in
Illinois, it may be stated that several peo-
pie at Peoria have received dispatches
from Europe, more especially from Ger
many, making inquiries after friends and
relatives who were believed to be in the
wreck.
COLONEL MAJEYDIE, chief inspector of
explosives at London, declares that the
sachel of the woman arrested at Cowes on
suspicion of having dynamite in her pos
session, contained, not dynamite, but
some specimens of modelling in clay, which
the officers mistook for something OF a
more dangerous nature.
VICE-PREsIDENT DECAsTRO Of the Com
mercial Cable Company states that no
answer to Mr.. Mackay's proposition has
vet been received, and that if the Western
Union does not agree to it before the end
of the week, the Commercial Cable Com
pany will announce a cut in cable rates
to twelve cents per word.
THE Navy Departments is informed of the
arrival at Wrankel, Alaska, on July 26, OF
the United States steamer Pinta, having
on board Governor Swineford and Educa-
tional Agent Jackson. The health Of the
officers, crew and guests on board is re-
ported good, the Territory as peaceable
and quiet, and the journey thither as
pleasant and uneventful.
THE German agent at Sofia has been in
structed to continue administrative rela-
tions with the Bulgarian Government, but
to avoid any thing of nature that might
lead Prince Ferdinand to suppose that
Germany was holding official relations with
him. The French consuls in Bulgaria have
been instructed to discontinue even busi-
ness relations with the government.
THE cornerstone of the Bennington (Vt.)
battle monument was laid on the 10th
with imposing ceremonies and IN the pres
ence of the largest crowd ever gathered in
the village. The procession consisted Of
military, civic and Masonic divisions.
Among those who participated in the cere-
monies were the Governors of Vermont,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,.
THE property of the defunct National
Opera Company was sold under a mort
gage of foreclosure on the 18th, at the Oak
land Skating Rink, Jersey City, where the
goods had been stored. The attachment
was made by Mrs. Thurber for $jS,9SO.67.
The property was valued at $4,000, and
consisted of scenery of number of we'll
known operas and other articles connect
de Herewith. The bidding was very light.
THE Presidents journey westward has
crystalized definitely enough to permit a
positive statement that he will leave
Washington for st. Louis direct about
the Both of September, making no stop
pages by the way. He will be present
in st. Louis on the day named for the
Vailed Prophets parade. From st
Louis he will go direct to Chicago, travel.
ing probably by night, which was not his
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